Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions

Prose Chapter 1 Learning the Game

9th English Guide Learning the Game InText Questions and
Answers

Question 1.
Who were Sachin’s favourite players?
Answer:
Sunil Gavaskar and the West Indian legend Viv Richards were Sachin’s
favourite players.

Question 2.
What was special about Shardashram Vidyamandir in Mumbai?
Answer:
At Shardashram Vidyamandir in Mumbai, Ramakant Achrekar Sir was the
cricket coach who gave due importance to the game of cricket. This was
special about it.

Question 3.
What was the opportunity that transformed the life of Sachin?
Answer:
The opportunity to join Achrekar Sir’s camp involving a session in the
morning and evening at Shivaji Park transformed the life of Sachin.

Question 4.
What sort of conversations did Ajit and Sachin have while travelling?
Answer:
The conversations were about the nuances of batting. Sachin enjoyed
them a lot. (Ajit gave som thoughts about batting. It served as a personal
coaching manual).
Question 5.
What routine did Sachin follow in washing his clothes?
Answer:
Sachin had only one set of cricket clothes and the routine was to wash
them as soon as he’d return from the morning session. While he had his
lunch, the clothes would dry out in the sun and he would wear them
again in the afternoon. The pattern was repeated in the evening so that
he could use the same set of clothes the following morning.

Question 6.
What did Achrekar inform Ajit?
Answer:
Achrekar informed Ajit that Sachin had the potential to be a good
cricketer if he practised all year round.

Question 7.
What was the suggestion given by Achrekar to Sachin’s father?
Answer:
Achrekar suggested that Sachin should change schools if he wanted to
pursue cricket seriously, since the New English School in Bandra, where
Sachin was studying, did not have cricket facilities.

Question 8.
What acted as a safety valve?
Answer:
Cricket acted as a safety valve.

Question 9.
What did Sachin do during the thirty minutes break?
Answer:
During the thirty-minute break, Sachin would often have a vada pav, a
popular Mumbai fast food, with the money that Achrekar sir would give
him.
Question 10.
What is the intense ‘fifteen minutes’ mentioned?
Answer:
The intense fifteen minutes is the last part of his session. Sir would keep
a one rupee coin on the top of the stumps. About sixty to seventy boys
in fielding would bowl to him. He had to hit every ball along the ground
to survive and win the one rupee coin.

Question 11.
What did Sachin’s father do just to make Sachin happy?
Answer:
Occasionally, Sachin’s father took him home. Sachin would always ask his
father to treat him to a special fruit cocktail at a juice centre near the
club. Though it was a little unreasonable, his father would give him what
he wanted, just to see him happy.

Question 12.
What embarrassed Sachin in the bus?
Answer:
At peak hours it was hard to get a seat, it was a challenge just to stand
with the kitbag. The conductors inevitably complained about Sachin that
he had taken up the space of another passenger. They were often rude
and sometimes asked him to buy two tickets. This embarrassed Sachin in
the bus.

Question 13.
What made Sachin forget, to go to the nets?
Answer:
Occasionally, while playing with his friends at home, Sachin would
conveniently forget to go to the nets amidst all the fun.
Question 14.
What did Achrekar advise Sachin?
Answer:
Achrekar advised Sachin not to waste his time playing insane games with
those kids. He told him that cricket was waiting for him at the nets, he
asked him to practise hard and see what magic it could transpire.

Answers

A. Answer the following questions in one or two sentence

Question 1.
What was coach Achrekar’s first impression of Sachin?
Answer:
Sachin felt more at ease and started to hit the ball well. This was coach
Achrekar’s first impression on Sachin.

Question 2.
Why did Sachin feel that the schedule of the camp was ‘rigorous’?
Answer:
The camp involved a session every morning and evening at Shivaji Park,
he practised between 7.30 am and 10.30am. He would return in the
afternoon and practise till late evening. He was exhausted by the end of
the day. Thus the schedule of the camp was ‘rigorous’.

Question 3.
What did serve as a very personal coaching manual to Sachin?
Answer:
Sachin’s brother Ajit gave him a note containing some thoughts about
batting. This served as a very personal coaching manual.

Question 4.
Why was Sachin asked to change the school?
Answer:
Sachin’s school had no cricket facilities. So he was asked to change the
school if he wanted to pursue cricket seriously.

Question 5.
What was the condition laid down by Sachin’s father for changing the
school?
Answer:
Sachin was really serious about playing cricket. Sachin’s father said that if
he should do so. he must change the school.

Question 6.
How did the act with the one rupee coin help Sachin become a good
cricketer?
Answer:
Winning the one-rupee coin used to give Sachin immense satisfaction, if
taught him to concentrate even when he was physically drained. Thus he
became a good cricket.

Question 7.
What helped Sachin to build his physical and mental stamina?
Answer:
Sachin repeated the practice right through his summer holidays. The
routine helped him build up physical and mental stamina.

Question 8.
Which incident triggered the coach to be angry on Sachin?
Answer:
Once, Sachin bunked his daily evening practice to watch an inter-school
cricket match not anticipating ‘ that Sir would be there. So the coach was
angry.
Question 9.
Why do you think Achrekar punished Sachin?
Answer:
Achrekar punished Sachin when he tried to him a very important lesson. I
think it was because he might have been inattentive.

Question 10.
‘I owe myself to him’ – What does Sachin mean by this?
Answer:
‘Achrekar Sir made Sachin a great cricketer. He is grateful to him and his
training. So he means to comment T owe me to him’.

. Your friend who lives in another town/city has won his/her

championship trophy in the recent sports meet. Write a letter
congratulating him/her.

Star Street,
Rajiv Nagar, Madurai – 16
12.06.2018.

Dear Ranjit,
I am very glad to know that you have won the championship trophy in the
recent sports meet held in your city. I congratulate you on your success in
winning the trophy.
With deep regards and wishes.

Yours sincerely
A. Britta

To

M. Ranjit,
63, Arul street, Anna Nagar,
Chennai – 40

. Write a letter friend, describing the joy of celebrating festivals in a

village.

52, North Car Street,

Tirunelveli – 6
21.06.2018

My dear Suresh,

Hope you are fine! I write to you to share my happiness with you.

I had been to my native village. It was pongal season. I stayed with my

grandparents. I had an unforgettable time with them. I enjoyed bathing in the
river. I liked strolling in the fields very much. It was fantastic to see them
cooking food in earthen utensils over fire-wood. The meal was very delicious. It
was lovely to sleep on a cot on the terrace under the star lit sky. The temple
festival fairs were very grand. I enjoyed watching karagaattam which was very
spectacular.

I missed you very much. You must visit our village next time.

Yours Sincerely
M. Vincent

To

A. Suresh
45, III Main Street, Millerpuram
Tuticorin – 628 002.